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BOOTH'S SUCCESSFUL FLMiHT.
THURSDAY, JANUARY" 15, 1003.
A C'liieaso Woman Tells of His Ks
enpe from Washington.
Was John Wilkes Booth the, assassin
of President Abraham Lincoln, phot by
his pui sinrcrsas history relates, or did he
succeed in escaping and hide for years
in London? . There lives in Chicago a
woman who was once the wife of a sea
captain, and who declares that Booth
was never killed aud who holds that the
mysterious account of hu alleged death
and burial in an attempt to hide a blun
der on the part of the parsuring party.
This woman, Mrs. Maggie Crist, is a
widow, and was formerly Mrs. Haggett,
thf) wife of the laptain of a coasting
vessel. She claims that she knew John
Wilkes Booth, and that her husband.
Captain Haggett, aided the assassin in
escaping by carrying him from Havana ,
Cuba, to Nassau, New Providence, three
mouths after the assassination of the
great emancipator. This woman made
the trip, too, aud declares that she heard
Booth tell of the first days of the flight
from Washington.
There have been many persons who
have declared that Booth had escaped
from the couutry. The controversy has
been opened several times, and as often
some of the members silenced the dis-
'Ciipsiou by declaring in postive terms
that they saw the assassin shot and pre-
l pared for burial. Yet to add to the nn-
GOOD ROADS SOME MORS.
Tho question that should be oF
ni'tst vital interest to all classes
of citizens of this county is that
of securing a good, system of roads certainty of his death, most, of the ac-
aiul public highways. There is
roads in
good
no doubt that
any comity is a sure indication
of improvement and business
progress, which can never fail to
carry conviction to the minds of
outsider?. It is a known fact
that those counties that have for
themselves a load Jaw, are those
that have reached the lushest
htago of material development,
(rood roads not only increase the
business interests of a communi
ty, but. they directly enhance the
value of real estate by a notable
increase, and where ever you Gnd
this blessing you tind high priced
lauds.
We people of ttut her ford need
a mad law one that will enable
our farmers tu carry six bales of
cotton as easily as they can carry
two at present. AVe want a law
that will make its demands upon
both the property and non-property
holders, and that will 'also
enable us to retain our own con
vict? on our own roads. The on
ly way of doing this is by a legal
ly instituted chain gang and by
a special road tax uppn the citi
zens of the county. We ask if
the citizens would ratify such a
law?
We do not attempt to disguise
the truth that such a svstem j
i
"would cost the county some mon
ey; but on the other hand we;
feel assured that the benefit
would be commensurate with the
the cost. .The present road law
ii ineffectual as every one knows,
and that because the county offi
cials charged with its execution
fail in discharging their trust.
The roads are now neglected, and
in some portions well-nigh im
passable, and no argument is nec
essary to convince the people of
this naked truth.
Again, it is only a question of
the length of time when every
county in the western portion' of
the State "will work their own
convict?. Now tho thing for us
to do is to get our law first and
obtain the convicts for our roads
from adjoining counties before
they get theirs.
is ripe for Rut jerford to help her
roads. Will her citizens support
the measure? We should be glad
to hear from them on the subject.
counts, the disputants say, while
straightforward and positive enough in
syntax, have always slurred over some
of the more important facts regarding
the flight and the identification of the
m;ai shot by Sergeant Boston Corbet
in a barn on Garrett's farm in Virginia
And then again it has been pointed out
i:i a number of instances that after the
examination of the bcxly, positive proof
had been furnished as to the identity of
it. It was ciauneci tnat the remains
bore certain marks which helped to
prove that the real assassin had met
justice.
Sirs. Crift declares that she is ready
to take oath that Booth escaped the hand
of juEtico. She declares that she was
with him daring his flight from Havana
to Nassau, and she owns a diamond ring
which she declares John Wilkes Eooth
gave her when he left Captain Raggett's
vessel. This ring which shows the ef
feet of lorg wearing, is engraved with
the initials "J. W. B." Mrs. Crist
claims that Booth took this ring from
his little finger and handed it to her,
saying: Tafre this as a remembrance of
me whom yoa Lave so greatly befriend
ed." 'Persons have called mc mad for say
ing that John YvTilkes Booth gave mc
this ring," : ays Sirs. Crist, "but I am
willing to t.ik.e oath as to the truthful
ness of my story. John Wilkes Eooth
c seabed quickly an! safely from Wash
ington and returned to England, the
home of bis ancestors, and he lived there
unidentified for years. He may bo
would not get safely .out of the country,
and that v. hen he got a safe distance
from the capital he was never pressed.
"TIoj remained in Savannah for some
time, and eventually got passage on a
blockade runner plying between South
ern ports and the West Indies. After a
round-about cruise this vessel landed
him at Havana. He did not disclose
his identity while. in tho Cuban capital
until Le met and recognized Captain
Haggett.
"In his anxiety to get from Havana
to some other port where he could get
passage for England Booth haunted the
wharves and learned the nature r nd des
tination of every vessel that came into
the port. One day when Captain Hag
gett was on shore Booth approached
him, made himself known and asked
whither the Mary Porter was bound.
When told that the vessel was to be
taken to Nassau Booth asked if he might
make the voyage and take a friend with
him. Booth was promised passage and
the day the boat set sail he was on
board.
"At Nassau there were a good many
English people and a large number of
Confederate sympathisers. They knew
the nature of the Mary Porter, but no
one knew of the two passengers we
landed there that one was the slayer of
Lincoln.
"Booth told us during the voyage that
Dr. Samuel Muld, who Was later sen
tenced to life imprisonment on the Dry
Torgngas Island, had cared for him
without knowing that he was the assas
sin. When the pursuing party showed
HOROR ROLL
Dr. Mudd a photograph of Booth, the
doctor was unable to identify it as the
man he had treated, and some have
claimed that it was not Booth who was
treated, but I heard Booth himself say
it was he. Despite the records of his sto
ry that was the last trace they ever had
of the man, and I have been told by one
member of the pursuing party that he
knew it was Booth who had been shot.
This man told me another member of
the party had threatened to shoot him
if he ever said it was not Booth, for
most of the members of the party be
lieved they had killed the assassin. No
graver mistake is recorded in history,
and some day some one who knows the
exact truth may speak out and tell what
an awful sham that hunt was. The
man who knew it was not Booth told
me so when he learned that I had my
self seen Booth tliree months later.
' 'It was at Nassau on board the Maiy
Porter that John Wilkes Booth gave me
tms ring. He was wearing it on the
little linger of his left hand, it being too
small to be worn on any other finger.
As I was bidding him good-bye he re
moved the ring from his finger and
handed it to me. He had no money
and my husband told him repeatedly
that he would accept nothing, as he was
only too glad to help Booth to set away.
"We kept the Mary Porter at Nassau
for some time and about tho time the
time we left the port of the Bahamas
Both j id his companion found passage
Pupils off th GracUd School Who
Stand High in Classes.
Honor Roll for school month
ending December 25th.
First Grade.
Lloyd Bell
Annie Craton?
Marie Reid,
Essie Rudasill,
George Mills,
Frank Mills,
Fred Williams,
Mamie Williams.
Second Grade.
Joe Erwin,
Leslie Taylor,
Claud Miller,. ,
Max Ramsey,
Eddie Hodge,
Fannie Washburn,
Lollie Smith,
Maude Hester.
Grady Jones,
Nannie Wilkins,
Annie Rucker,
Mac McDaniel.
Third Grade.
Guy Reid.
Robert Taylor,
Charles Walker,
Lewis Powers,
Ocio UiggerstafF,
Ola Callahan,
Mary Dicfcerson,
Efiie Morrow,
Enos Ramsey,
Annie Phillips,
Etta Powers,
Roger Walker.
Fourth Grade.
Maud Bell,
Ellen Erwin,
Alda Grayson,
Lollie Harris,
Fannie Justice,
Bessie McFarland,
Annie McBrayer,
Caudis Raybum,
Fifth Grade.
Lola Raybum,
Ollie Bell.
Sixth Grade.
Kathleen Harris,
Nannie Morgan,
Mary Biggers.aff,
Bruna Bigge retail",
Nellie McBrayer,
Uly-es Hester,
Nora McDaniel,
Elmer Dorsey,
Evie Rucker. ,
Seventh Grade.
Maud Guthrie,
Eloise Griffin,
Rusk in Morgan,
Mai Jones,
Bremon Quinn,
Willard Powers,
McGilvery Miller,
Harb McDaniel.
BROAD RIVER HAPPENINGS.
OUR
SVIOTTO
FOR 1903!
A PI smsant Sociable--Hunting InS
C --Mr. Potter Moves.
Correspondent, The Tribcxe.
Line, January 13. Rev. L. Ezell, the
supply at Arrowwod church, made his
first visit on Saturday. Owing to the
unfavorable weather Sunday he failed
to be on hand.
Mr. Clande Crawford aud wife were
visitors at Mr. W. C. McKinneys' Sun
day. The Misses Butler, of Forest Citv.
visited their friends, Misses Nona and j
Luna Painter Saturday and the sociable
given in honor of the visitors, at the
home of Mr. W. Painter was "pleasure."
Constable P. J. Manley has been
called on to officiate in his new office
several times within the past week and
regardless of the cold mghts, the parties
he invites, accompany him to 'Squire
McKinneys. ,
Miss Carrie McKiuney is visitine
i relatives iu Spartadburg, S, C
Messrs. V. E. McKiuney, and W. K.
McDowell went to South Carolina bird
hunting last week. The. report is . 4 suc
cessful." Mr. A. Potter has move! to his new
home at the Tanner place.
The crowned heads of every nation,
The rich men, poor men and misers
. All join in paying tribute to
DeWitt3 Little Early Risers.
H. Williams. San Antonia, Texas,
writes : Little Early Riser Pills are the !
best 1 ever usea in my tamily. 1 un
hesitatingly recommend Shi-m to every
body. They care coustipatiou, bilhoue
uess, sick headache, torpid liver, jaun
dice, malaria auH all other liver troubles.
The Florence Mills, Forest Citv sr.xi
Twitty and Thompson and City Drug
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SOMETHING TRUE.
We pass from the old into the New Year congratulat
ing not only ourselves, but -also our customers. There
could be no success for ourselves which was not a corres
ponding one for our customers. There could be no good
fortune for us withou equal prosperity for them.
A careful study of the disease of mankind and their
demands has enabled us to close a very prosperous year.
Keep posted on the up-to-date drugs, their products and
derivitives by visiting often the
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alive to-day, but I believe he died about j on u sailing vessel bound for London.
He lfr t.u on the ship, and upon
arriving in England lost himself iu Lon
don. Six years ago I heard in a vague
sort of a way that he had just died,
OVERMAN LEADS IN RACE FOR
SENATOR.
Tliu Democratic caucus for the
nomination of a United States
Senator, balloted again Tuesday
night, making scxenteen in all
that have been taken, and then
adjourned u iu ill yesterday even
ing at 1 o'clock when the ballot
ing was resumed. There has as
...yet been no nomination and the
sixth ballot Tuesday night result
ed as follows: Overman 46, Wat
ton J37, Craig 27, Carr 38, Alx
jmder 11, Hammer 1. Total 135.
A private letter to Tun Tribese
from Raleigh, dated Tuesd-iy,
My "that the nomination be
longs to no man yet."
x years ago. His successful Sght was
known only to a few, and so persistent
is the belief that he wat killed that not
many arc ready to believe that he ever
reached London.
"My former husband. Captain Thomas
Haggett, was a friend of the Booths
and he aided John Wilkes Booth to es
cape to England. He picked Booth up
at Havana, Cuba, and for many days
we were together. He was accompa
nied by a Captain Symnies and the two
lft us at Nassau.
'Captain Haggett and I were married
in 1849 in New York citv. He was at that
time a sea captain, and, although we
were both native Northerners, onr sym
pathies were with the South during all
the slavery agitation. When the war
broke out we owned a three-master
schooner, the Mary Porter. We pur
chased our own cargoes and engaged in
a coasting trade or made voyages to the
West Indies and to England. Part of
the time when not at sea we lived in
New Orleans and in New York, and in
the latter city Captain Haggett made
tho acquaintance of John Wilkes and Ed
w in Booth,
"Our boat was a sort of a rover. Wa
carried a crew of eight and were forced
to run the blockade during the war.
i ins we awi successfully ana mane a
fortune off the Fait and merchandise we
took hi to t he Southern port. At the
time Lincoln was killed we had taken
the. Mary Porter to Tarn pieo Mexico, and
were there loading a light cargo with
the intention of visiting the Gulf coast
tj rt.- an 1 rmtimately reaching Havana.
"Until tho Chicago fire I preserved
The onTort unit'.' ' '5e ship's log and all the memoran-
j i i ox i. e inp irora xampico to xi&va
j m and thence to Nassau. The log
and all papers were destroyed in the
house that stood at No. 110 Michigan
avenue, and this ring would have been
destroyed, too, perhaps, had not my
ida tighter been wearing it at the time.
Owing to the destruction of the records
of the trip I am unablo to give the ex
act dates, but I know we sailed . from
Tampico soon after we had received
word of the esrasrlcation of the Presi
dent.
"It -was almost, if not quite three
months later that we entered Havana
harbor Wo remaiuttl there for some
time, discharging part of our cargo and
taking on other merchandise. We de
termined to set sail for Nassita, and one
evening several days prior to our de
parture Captain Haggett said that he
had not killed the President instantly.
"Before coming aboard the ship he
told Captain Haggett how ho reached
Havana. He said that he accaped from
Washington on horse-back, and that he
journeyed southward through part of
Maryland, aud finally crossed into Vir
ginis.. Overland, aidvl by Confederate
pympathiaers, he made his way to Sa
vanah, Ga. He said he had planned to
escape from that port, but in case it
would lie impossible he had planned to
continue ou to 2cy Mexico. He paid
he nevc-r doubted for a moment that he
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an Early Bird!
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Don' wait until the Winter is gone to get you Winter
Clothes and Overcoats, thinking you may save a few cuts
-fgj by so doing. THEME IS NO ECONOMY IN FREEZING
Stop it.
A neglected cough or cold may lead to
neriou brouohial troubles. Don't take
chances when Foley's Honey and Tar
aiTorus perfect security from serious el -
fecta of a cold. City Drug htore.
Notice!
To ALL WllO 3jfAT BK COXCSKXED :
The undersigned hereby gives notice
that they will make application to His
Excellency. Charles B. Ayeock, Govern
or of North Carolina, cn the 1 7t h day of
January, 1S03. or soon thereafter, lor a
pardon of the judgment of the Superior
Court of Rutherford county, by which
they were sentenced to four months in
the county jail of Rutherford county. N.
C. This the 8th day of January, liiOil.
John MoMaiia:,'
, and Lesteh McMajian.
M. L. Edwards, Attorney.
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YOURSELF TO DEATH in Winter wearing your Summer
Su.it apd when next Summer comes burn yourself up wear-
ing your Winter Suit.
Common Sense Ought to
Teach You
to keep yourself comfortable, by wearing "VV inter Suits m
Winter rnd Summer Suits in Summer. I WANT TO
3 DRESS YOU VV FOR CHRISTMAS from top to bottom,
0 'new HAT, SHIRT, TIE, SUIT, SHOES, ETC.
MY HOLIDAY GOODS ARE IN and will be opened
up by the tjrst of December. Don't fail to see them.
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known only to a few. Whether he
really is dead or living tc-uay I person
naily do not know, but I do know that
ha was never killed. I was not glad j
tha Booth killed Lincoln, but once the J
act was committed we wre glad to help j
the man who committed the deed to get j
away. 1 am proua or tne ract tnat ne
made a voyage in oar vessel, and that
we helped him to a place of security. "
Captain Haggett and wife went to
Chicago in 1868, and later moved to
New Orleans where Captain Haggett
died. Iu 137S Mrs. Eaprcott was mar
ried to J. C. Crist., who died eight years
ago. Since then she resided in Ee!oit,
Wis., and Chicago. She has traveled
over a large portion of the world on the
Mary Porter, which was a tramp ship.
Several times Captain Haggett left the
sea and lived m San Francisco, New Or
leans and the cities of the West Indies.
Before the civil war he lived for the
most part in New York City. He had
an extensive acquaintance among the
stage folks at that period, nnd the Booths
were among his closest friends.
Owing to the fact that . history so
squarely points out that Booth was
slain by Boston Corbett, there are few
who will credit the woman's story. This
she says herself, but nevertheless, avers
that she knows what she is talking
about. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
cul.rtKA ft, TT7T. TWTV.T'rMT' ntn
,-er, al-.ray in advance.
Good Hoaids.
An exchange gives the follow
ing valuable points on good voads.
Good roads have a money val
ue to the farmer as well as a po
litical and social valne.
The difference between good
and bad roads is often equivalent
to the diiference. between profit
and loss.
. Chas. Sumner once said, "The
road and schoolmaster are the
two most important agents in ad
vancing civilization.
Good roads raise the value of
farm land and farm products, and
tend to beautify the country ;
inrougn wnicn Tney. pass.
Bad roads constitute the great
est drawback to rami .life and for
the lack of roads the farmers suf
fer more than any other class.
Good roads, like' good streets,
make habitation along them most
desirable; they economize time
and fare in transportation of
products, reduce .wear and tear
on horses, harness and vehicles
and enhance the market value of
real estate.
Life on a farm often becomes
isolated and barren of social en
joyment and pleasures, and coun
try people in seme comniunit'es
suifer such great di-ad vantages
that ambition is checked, energy
weakened and -iudnstry. para
lyzed. )
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